RTSP & RTMP Cam - OctoStream
Turn iPhone into an IP Camera
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Turn your iPhone into a security camera, baby monitor, or live broadcaster. Serve RTSP on your network or push RTMP to YouTube & Twitch. Private, local, no sign-up.
Your iPhone can be a streaming camera. Serve a private RTSP feed on your own network, or go live to YouTube, Twitch, or any RTMP server. Dead simple — no account, no cloud, no subscription.
Two ways to stream:
RTSP CAMERA SERVER
Your iPhone becomes an IP camera that any RTSP client can watch — VLC, FFplay, OBS, Home Assistant, Frigate, Scrypted, Blue Iris, your NVR, your own app. Your stream URL shows right on screen so you can copy it and go. Video never leaves your network. Use a spare iPhone as a security camera, baby monitor, pet cam, or workshop cam.
RTMP LIVE BROADCASTING - NEW IN 2.0
Go live to YouTube Live, Twitch, Facebook Live, or any custom RTMP server. Paste your stream URL and key, frame your shot in standby, then tap Go Live when you're ready. The status pill shows LIVE with uptime, and the app reconnects automatically if your network hiccups.
What it does:
• Streams your camera (front or back) or a test pattern
• Microphone audio with AAC encoding, or video-only with one toggle
• 480p, 720p, or 1080p - H.264 tuned for live streaming
• Portrait or landscape, locked per stream so your feed never flips mid-broadcast
• Explicit standby / Go Live control - you decide when you're on air
• No account required. No cloud relay. RTSP stays on your local network; RTMP goes only to the server you choose.
Built for real work, too. We made this because testing RTSP setups shouldn't require dedicated hardware. If you're building an NVR, debugging a video pipeline, or just need a quick stream to point VLC at - this app gets you there in seconds.
We use it ourselves every day while building OctoStream, our video streaming platform. It started as an internal tool and we figured other people dealing with RTSP and RTMP would find it useful too.
If something's broken or you need a feature, reach out - we actually read these.
contact@octostream.com
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This is a big one - say hello to OctoStream 1.3.
GO LIVE WITH RTMP
Your iPhone isn't just an RTSP camera anymore. Stream to YouTube Live, Twitch, Facebook Live, or any custom RTMP server. Paste your URL and stream key, frame your shot in standby, and tap Go Live when you're ready.
SOUND ON
Microphone audio with AAC encoding, for both RTMP broadcasts and RTSP streams. Want video only? One toggle.
ALSO IN THIS RELEASE
• Lock your stream to portrait or landscape - no more mid-stream flips
• Rebuilt camera capture: faster startup, more reliable, and fixes a crash on the latest iOS versions
• Encoder tuning for smoother, lower-latency streams
• Clearer error messages, and the app now recovers itself instead of needing a restart
New name, same app: we're now just "OctoStream" on your home screen.
Everything you use for RTSP still works exactly as before - no account, no cloud, everything on your network.
Something broken? Need a feature? contact@octostream.com - we actually read these.
The developer, Krusade LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Provider
- Krusade LLC
- Size
- 22.6 MB
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 OctoStream